East Cape Fish Report

East Cape Fish Report

8-16-2009
by Gary Graham
(800) 770-2341
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Pending World Record Roosterfish - Women's division Angler

Sarah Henry Langley, British Columbia 8 kilogram tippet Weight - 5.48 kilos Captain - Jose Pino Panga - Angelica Deckhand - Cheva Guide and photo - Ed Kunze Location - Puerto Vicente Guerrero (about 1.5 hours South of Zihuatanejo)

Had the dorado foaming behind the boat this morning and told your client to grab the fly rod. His response was 'later'. Got limits of dorado and needlefish, and also got him his first marlin ever!"

Even though we got out late, bait wasn't a problem; it's on the small side for the hook but fine for chumming. Fished the same place where we barely scratched out some skipjack yesterday; today there were dorado everywhere.

By 10:30 the client asked what his chances were of catching a marlin. I'm thinking 'not good with the little time we have to work with and why would we leave this'? I plunked in the marlin lures. We were not a half mile off shore by the light house and wham! A striper just commits suicide. The only thing I was not able to get in all the cluster was good photos.

Continuing today's story...the fly guy was having so much fun I couldn't get him to pick up the fly rod. Finally, in all the commotion I thought, 'Gary is not going to be pleased if we don't get a dorado on the fly'. So I picked up the rod and started to strip line. Something I quickly discovered is EVERYBODY has to be on the fly page. Every time I started to cast, someone would step in front or behind me and foul the line. I was good with it until Chuy came up behind me with a rod. I thought I was going to choke him. He looked at me like I was nuts. We are talking three to five pound dorado.

I had a few follows and changed the fly a couple of times because it just seemed like they didn't want to bite it. It would attract them but I couldn't close the deal. All in all I spent more time getting out tangles because of the fire drill on the boat than having the bait in the right spot. You need to understand the client and his wife were pinned to the rail with these fish...Mark Rayor

I've been trying to do some catching. But the swell has been really big and the water kind of beat up. Add in the oppressive heat and it's a recipe for tough fishing. The swell is supposed to subside in the next few days. I hope to get some quality fishing in...Lance Peterson



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